maccas mx73, soon to be uzx73

[Seventy]

If you do two-tone, definitely dark grey around the bottom, up top you could do the standard blue, champagne colour, silver, white. White with champagne or silver bottom. Just all white is nice and simple
Google images will help

[jay70]

man that surf would be so sick to do jumps and dirt skids and stuff, 1uz cressida should be pretty sweet though

for the two tone maybe keep the top the original blue with a darker blue at the bottom

[jay70]

like how much fun would that be

[drift kid]

Holy shit that is cool!

[macca1590]

dont worry. alot of desert racer plans have crossed my mind.... i even been researching some long travel suspension for the front haha. it is a hella lot of fun as it is, but the rear diff is missing a few teeth of the crown wheel so it sounds like its going to explode when you drive it haha need to fix a few other things as well to get it to half paddock basher spec, the idiots used a hard line from the body to the clutch master and it has cracked so i need to dodgy something up there, no idea how it got a blue plate like that.....

[macca1590]

never ever, ever, ever painting another car, well the painting isnt so bad its the prep, so glad its almost over, only clear then re-assembly left, hopefully do some balljoints and she should pass RWC and then its collecting parts for conversion. top turned out more silver than blue, but still looks good for a home job in such a high quality paint booth

[Jdm-Mcc]

Jay that is in the top 10 coolest fourbys ive ever seen

[macca1590]

so been a little busy
changed the camber adjustable outer mounts from the ronas old subframe into a the spare subframe i had for this (sorry no pics)

got her all wet sanded and polished, can now see a few dodgy spots that i wish i spent a bit more time in prep and playing with the spray pattern and how wet the coat was (some parts ended up a bit dry and rough), but for a first time backyard job its not too bad


out comes the might 5m, for sales if anyone is silly enough, recond head and auto, make a offer would much rather see it go to use than me take it to the dump


1uz is out of the surf in in the shed, then i discover this

had abloke try to tig it up but no dice, kept cracking right above the weld, so devcon to the rescue


all mated up to a r151 2wd hilux gearbox that i picked up for $450!!!! was looking for a r154 but at this price who cares about the ratios haha also same imput shaft lenght as the early r151f in the surfs (160mm i think). also has new rear main, timing belt, water pump, plugs, leads, rotor buttons, caps, checked valve clearences, they ok, some a bit more gap than spec but at least they arnt rideing haha


modded the xcessive manufacturing LHD clutch pedal
std

bent

cut a slither out

elongated a hole and had to space it down a bit

and hey presto, might need to lengthen it a little bit but seems ok for now


all ready to go

sitting on xcessive manufacturing engine mounts and trany mount

would have liked a r154 for the remote shifter option, and cant slide engine back any further due to brake booster and clutch master ohh well grinder fixes that haha


wiring and with hilux shifter


and thats it for now, tail shaft is being made, have allredy silver soldered up some fittings to make the fuel system work as well as the power steering, need to plumb up heater and radiator, finish wirings, install tailshaft, make/get exhaust made, swap susspension from rona over and matsuri hear we come haha

[dove grey 64]

Two thumbs up.

[macca1590]

all is in and well..... for now, drove to work and back with stocko suspension and half a exhaust that i made up from the old 2 inch cressy one dumped in front of diff, changed the suspension over to my old rt142 corona coil overs and rear springs and old welded diff, jxz81 brakes on the front, braded lines, also swapped the camber adjustment mounts from the old corona rear subframe into the cressy subframe, pitty the wheels dont fit unless its back up to standard camber when low. anywho had the suspension/welded diff in for half a day, did one dohnut and half a skid then onto the trailer and off to matsuri for a shake down...... took every spare known to man, axles, diff, hubs, studs, coils, air flow meters, plugs, dizzy caps, brake lines, u name it it was there. only issue we had was full sideways was losing oil pressure, another leter and a half in the sump cured that (about 1 cm over the full mark). anywho pictures say a a thousand words.....






more to come